Ashtakoot Guna Milan · Pair

Hasta and Vishakha nakshatra matching

17.5–19.5 of 36 with Hasta as bride, 19.5–21.5 with Vishakha as bride — then computed again for all sixteen pada combinations.

Hasta: Adi (Vata) nadi · Buffalo yoni · Deva gana | Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) nadi · Tiger yoni · Rakshasa gana

Hasta as bride

17.5–19.5

of 36

Vishakha as bride

19.5–21.5

of 36

Across all padas

19–19.5

spread of 0.5

Four of the eight kootas — Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi — are settled by the two birth stars alone, before anyone asks about a pada; the other four are read from the Moon rashi, which a pada can move. For Hasta with Vishakha that leaves 3 of the eight at full marks — Vashya, Graha Maitri and Nadi — and 5 carrying a deduction: Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). The heaviest of them is Bhakoot, where Libra and Virgo — 2/12 gives 0 of 7.

Two birth stars are not enough for this pair. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are all read from the Moon rashi rather than from the star, which puts 15 of the 36 guna on that boundary — so the total follows, anywhere from 19 to 19.5 of 36 depending on the padas. At 0.5 guna the swing sits below the median of 2, in a range reaching 14 at its widest.

Koota by Koota

All eight kootas for Hasta and Vishakha, taken at pada 1 each. Two columns because Varna and Gana can score differently by direction where the other six cannot: Varna and Gana differ between them.

Ashtakoot koota scores for Hasta with Vishakha at pada 1 on both sides, shown separately for each partner on the bride’s side, with the values each koota reads.
Koota	Hasta bride	Vishakha bride	What it reads
Varna / 1	0	1	Vishakha: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya
Vashya / 2	2	2	Vishakha: Manav · Hasta: Manav
Tara / 3	1.5	1.5	Counting from Hasta: Kshema (4) · from Vishakha: Vadha (7)
Yoni / 4	1–3	1–3	Vishakha: Tiger · Hasta: Buffalo
Graha Maitri / 5	5	5	Vishakha: Venus · Hasta: Mercury
Gana / 6	0	1	Vishakha: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva
Bhakoot / 7	0	0	Libra and Virgo — 2/12
Nadi / 8	8	8	Vishakha: Antya (Kapha) · Hasta: Adi (Vata)
Total / 36	17.5–19.5	19.5–21.5	Acceptable

Bhakoot, 0 of 7 — Libra and Virgo — 2/12. A forbidden rashi distance, so all seven guna go at once.
Gana, 0 of 6 — Vishakha: Rakshasa · Hasta: Deva. The gentle temperament is held to bear the cost of the forceful one unevenly.
Tara, 1.5 of 3 — Counting from Hasta: Kshema (4) · from Vishakha: Vadha (7). Half the koota, because the count is unfavourable in one direction only.
Yoni, 1–3 of 4 — Vishakha: Tiger · Hasta: Buffalo. The middle of this koota, where tables give one, two or three guna.
Varna, 0 of 1 — Vishakha: Shudra · Hasta: Vaishya. A deliberately one-way test on rank, failed in this direction. It is one point of thirty-six.

Half-guna figures are exact rather than rounded. Each koota’s rule is set out in full on Hasta’s table and Vishakha’s.

All Sixteen Pada Combinations

Hasta runs Virgo 10°00′ – 23°20′ and Vishakha runs Libra 20°00′ – Scorpio 3°20′ — two arcs 13°20′ wide, each divided into four padas of 3°20′, which puts the two Moons anywhere between 26°40′ and 53°20′ apart. Every cell below holds two totals: Hasta as bride first, Vishakha as bride second. The cells are not all the same, which is the point of printing them — 17.5 at the lowest and 19.5 at the highest.

Ashtakoot totals out of 36 for Hasta with Vishakha across all sixteen pada combinations, each cell giving Hasta as bride then Vishakha as bride, on the strict reading of Yoni and Vashya.
Hasta ↓ / Vishakha →	Pada 1Libra	Pada 2Libra	Pada 3Libra	Pada 4Scorpio
Pada 1Virgo	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	19 / 19
Pada 2Virgo	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	19 / 19
Pada 3Virgo	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	19 / 19
Pada 4Virgo	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	17.5 / 19.5	19 / 19

Strict reading of the two disputed kootas throughout. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. All sixteen combinations clear the conventional threshold of 18. Dimmed cells fall below it; the nakshatra finder returns the pada from a birth date, time and place.

The Two Doshas, and Whether They Are Cancelled

The two heavy kootas, checked with their cancellations. Neither gives a partial score, so each is worth 8 and 7 guna outright or nothing at all.

Nadi Koota — 8 of 8

Hasta is Adi (Vata) and Vishakha is Antya (Kapha). Different nadis take the full eight guna, and since Nadi alone is more than a fifth of the total, this pair starts from a position 108 of the 351 pairs never reach.

Bhakoot Koota — 0 of 7 at pada 1

In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, the two Moon signs stand at one of the three forbidden distances and Bhakoot gives nothing. The commonly cited cancellation covers each of those cells: Mercury and Venus are mutual friends in the natural friendship table.

A cancellation is relief, not a score adjustment — the koota still reads zero above. The doshas Ashtakoot does not test for are a separate question — Mangal dosha among them.

Two Tests Outside the 36

Two tests the eight kootas leave out, both settled by the distance between the two stars: Hasta to Vishakha is 4 and back is 25, counting inclusively.

Mahendra — present. 4 stars between them, against a favourable set of 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 and 25. 108 of the 351 pairs land on one of those.
Stri-Dirgha — satisfied one way. The count from the bride's star should pass nine — 4 with Hasta as bride, 25 with Vishakha — and 135 pairs clear it both ways against 216 that clear it one way. It holds with Vishakha as the bride and not with Hasta.

Neither test touches the 36. Muhurta nature is a different question again — Hasta is Kshipra / Laghu (swift and light), Vishakha is Mishra (mixed) — and it governs what each star suits doing, not who it marries.

How the Pair Ranks on Each Side

The same 19.5 of 36 reads differently from each side, because each star is being compared with a different 27: 16th place in Hasta's table, 17th in Vishakha's. Both positions can be checked by counting rows there — the figures are the ones those tables print.

In Hasta’s table

16th of 27

Vishakha scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Hasta’s 27 partners run from 9 to 28 with a median of 22.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Hasta can reach — all 27 rows.

In Vishakha’s table

17th of 27

Hasta scores 19.5 there, level with 1 other partner. Vishakha’s 27 partners run from 5 to 29.5 with a median of 20.5, so this one sits below the middle of what Vishakha can reach — all 27 rows.

What This Total Is Not

One number cannot carry a marriage. Ashtakoot reads a single point from each chart — the Moon — so two people born hours apart with the Moon in Hasta score identically here whatever else their charts do. The seventh house and its lord, Venus, Mars and Mangal dosha, and the dasha each partner is running are all outside it, and any of them can matter more than the difference between acceptable and the band above.

Written rather than computed, and worth the longer read: the Kundli Milan guide written from these numbers and the guide to all 27 birth stars. The full profiles of the two stars — deities, symbols, temperament, the syllables used for naming — are on the Hasta page and the Vishakha page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many guna do Hasta and Vishakha score?

17.5–19.5 of 36 with Hasta as the bride and 19.5–21.5 with Vishakha as the bride, taking pada 1 on both sides. The real padas move it: across all sixteen combinations the total runs from 19 to 19.5, and the grid on this page gives every cell. The generous reading of Yoni and Vashya adds between 2 and 3 guna, depending on the cell. Against every possible pairing of two Moon positions, 63.6% clear 18 and the median is 20.5.

Are Hasta and Vishakha compatible?

On Ashtakoot the conservative reading puts Hasta with Vishakha at acceptable. The guna are lost on Bhakoot (0 of 7), Gana (0 of 6), Tara (1.5 of 3), Yoni (1–3 of 4) and Varna (0 of 1). It is a filter, and filters do not recommend. A koota scoring zero — here Varna, Gana and Bhakoot — is the part worth taking to an astrologer rather than to a calculator.

Does the pada change the result for Hasta and Vishakha?

Yes. Vishakha runs from Libra into Scorpio after pada 3, and Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot are read from the Moon rashi rather than from the nakshatra, so 15 of the 36 guna move with that boundary. The total ranges from 19 to 19.5 across the sixteen combinations — a swing of 0.5 guna, against a median of 2 and a maximum of 14 over all 351 pairs. Only the birth times settle which cell applies.

Do Hasta and Vishakha have Bhakoot dosha?

In 12 of the sixteen pada combinations, yes — a sign boundary decides it. 12 of those 12 carry the classical cancellation. In the remaining 4, Bhakoot is full at seven. Bhakoot is all or nothing: there is no partial score.

Is it better for Hasta to be the bride or the groom?

On the arithmetic, Vishakha on the bride's side scores higher — 19.5–21.5 against 17.5–19.5. Varna and Gana are the only kootas that can do that, and here Varna goes from 0 with Hasta as bride to 1 with Vishakha as bride and Gana goes from 0 with Hasta as bride to 1 with Vishakha as bride. 314 of the 351 pairs move like this, so a calculator that takes two stars without asking who is the bride has picked a direction for you.

Run It On the Real Padas

The grid above narrows Hasta and Vishakha to sixteen answers between 19 and 19.5. Two birth times pick one of them.

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